Nokia Prepare New Smart Technology for Cars

Stockholm - Nokia Oyj show its seriousness to expand its business into the automotive world . This time , the Finnish company a fresh set aside 100 million U.S. dollars, or Rp 1.15 trillion , to develop new smart technology for cars .
This effort follows the steps as billionaire Elon Musk and Google Inc. , which predicts the vehicle will be more intelligent and connected in the future . Investment funds will be obtained from the subsidiary, Nokia Growth Partners , which manages assets of companies valued at 700 million U.S. dollars . This announcement will be made at the Global Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing , Monday ( 05/05/2014 ) .
new businessNokia seeks to develop its business after mobile phone division was sold to Microsoft Corporation valued at 7.5 billion U.S. dollars in April. Now , Nokia relied on a wireless network division to make a profit , through its subsidiary , Espoo , which is also based in Finland . The company tried to find a new plan in order to compete with rivals such as Google .
" We meilhat there is a growing innovation ecosystems across the automotive , combines internet technology and mobility , " said Paul Asel , Nokia Growth Partners executives reported by Bloomberg ( 05/05/2014 ) .
Asel describe the car as a new platform as a regular cell phone , evolved into smart phones with various applications and services developed for its users .
The initial stepNokia's first step waterfall in the automotive world began when the company bought the map provider , Navteq Corporation , Chicago , 2008, valued at 8.1 billion dollars . In 2012 , Nokia also acquire a three-dimensional map technology provider , Earthmine .
Now , Nokia has been marketing Here Maps application maps accurately known and had excess can be accessed offline , without an Internet connection . Nokia also started to provide map data for Amazon.com , Microsoft , and Yahoo! . In fact , the existing navigation system on any vehicle this time was supplied from Nokia with a comparison of four of the five new vehicles .
" ( Talk of automotive technology ) people tend to only look at BMW , Tesla , and Google , but we think this is a global game . Also there is the development of innovation from a different viewpoint in China and India , which affect the game now . Several car manufacturers trying to adopt service faster than it already is , " said Asel